More than a decade ago, a group of Catholic nuns posed a quiet but consequential question to their asset manager: could capital do more than simply avoid harm? That question has since grown into the Common Good Fund, a $90 million private market vehicle co-launched by Ascension Investment Management and Anthos Fund & Asset Management, grounded in Catholic social teaching and guided by Vatican ethical frameworks. At a moment when religious congregations collectively steward $12 trillion in global assets, this fund represents a broader reckoning within faith communities — not merely over what to
Faith-Based Investors Deploy $287M in Impact Strategies Through Common Good Fund
Investments support vulnerable populations including low-income renters, women and girls in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and communities affected by counterfeit medicines in East Africa.